Each shield is carved from a single piece of Baobab wood — a sacred wood used for medicinal and ritual purposes for centuries — then covered in hundreds of hand-placed beads on manila string in a circular pattern around a dimensional cluster of natural cowrie shells at the centre
African grain stompers are made when they hollow out tree trucks and large branches to create these which are then used to grind grain
grace and strength
and Ethiopian silversmiths produce religious jewellery as an expression of that tradition
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